Should I Save All Bi-Centennial Halfs?

what about $.52?

And I suspect the same is for half dollars for most people, Bicentennial or otherwise. This is why they don't circulate.

Going back to the original question of whether one should save or spend Bicentennial Halves, just go out and buy a few rolls of half dollars. See that about a quarter of them or so are probably dated 1776-1976 and you should understand that they are nothing rare or special.

I think the percentage of Bicentennial quarters in the wild is less than that of the half or dollar coin just because the quarter circulates and because of that there is a natural attrition of coins.

With the fact that almost no one uses half dollars and even less spend Ikes and that the Mint made so many of the Bicentennials makes them a much larger percentage of the larger coins when they are found.

The only 1976 halves I keep are the proofs and the silver ones. I throw back the rest.

I spend Ikes every once in a while, and for some reason, I actually hate spending SBAs more than I hate spending Ikes. My brother usually buys my Ikes from me.

I try not to hoard Ike's. I do however have a complete collection of circulated Ike dollars of buisness strikes.

I spent an Ike once - in 1978.

We all make mistakes in life

Save all bicentennials MS65 and above.
In fact save ALL coins from circulation in MS65 and above.
That can be a very hard thing to do, because almost all newly issued business strike coins fresh from the Mint have at least ONE very detracting bag mark.

I visited California in 2008. At that time I received in change a half dollar and re spent it on a number of occasions, over a period of about two weeks.

Phooey! They were ALL clad base metal! Didn't see any bicentennials, but I would have spent them all anyway.